Helping Parents Help their Students with Disabilities: Related Services to Support Parents

   Under the IDEA, students with disabilities must be provided the related services they need to benefit from their special education program. In most circumstances those services are provided to the child with a disability, but there are circumstances in which the IDEA requires that services be provided to the parents, and sometimes, others. In [...]

Second Edition of The Everyday Guide to Special Education Law Now Available

  Readers, at the end of May I posted that the Second Edition of my book The Everyday Guide to Special Education Law was available for preorder. The book is here and can be ordered now.     Like the previous book, the second edition contains information about obtaining a free appropriate public education, IEPs, [...]

Moving On: The IDEA and Summary of Performance for Students Graduating or Aging Out of School

  Generally, the IDEA requires that once a school district determines that a student has a disability, the district must reevaluate (34 CFR 300.305) the student before the school district determines that the student no longer has a disability and is not eligible for IDEA services. That reevaluation must meet all of the requirements set [...]

The Second Edition of The Everyday Guide to Special Education Law available for preorder

Readers as you may be aware, this blog features links for those interested in purchasing my book The Everyday Guide to Special Education Law. I have not, however, directly promoted the book in my posts. I’m going to break with that tradition because I want you to know that the first edition of the book [...]

Working it: Vocational Rehabilitation Services for People with Disabilities

  In my previous post I briefly discussed vocational rehabilitation services for post secondary students with disabilities. In this post I’ll address what rehabilitation services are, who is eligible for them, and how to get them.    People with disabilities, advocates, and family members are generally familiar with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 [...]